A Wife and Son Healed in that Very Hour

By Julia O’Carey

Matthew 8:5-13 tells the story of a centurion who came to Christ seeking healing for his servant. Upon hearing the man’s plea for healing, Jesus responded, “I will come to your home and heal him.”

Most would have been delighted at this offer, but the centurion said: “Oh Lord, I’m not worthy for you to come under my roof. Just speak the word only and my servant will be healed.”

As a result of his great faith, Christ healed his servant “in that very hour.”

Did you know God still works the same miracles today?

I met pastor Khin Mg Tin at one of our ASAP training events in Southeast Asia. In addition to the special training for pastors and Bible workers that we were doing, our team led participants in united prayer every day. This was a first-time experience for many of the attendees.

One day we had a time of special intercessory prayer to raise the specific needs of the attendees to God. Here’s what happened in pastor Tin’s own words:

“During this time of prayer, many workers came to the middle, one after another, requesting prayer. Some were in need of healing, and others were requesting prayer for family members back home.

“Finally I got up the courage to go forward. Two requests lay heavy on my heart. I asked for prayer for my son, Thoo Thoo, who had been suffering from a disease for 12 years. Then I requested prayer for my dear wife, Ruth, who had been suffering with arthritis pain for five years. After I had shared my burdens, everyone laid their hands on me and prayed. I could sense the presence of the Lord with us.

“Later I found out that in the very hour those prayers were being said, my wife, Ruth, suddenly felt free from pain. Immediately she said to our son: ‘What has happened to me? Now I can stretch my hands freely without hurting.’ She didn’t know that people were praying for her and Thoo Thoo at that exact time.

“When I returned home, I discovered the good news. In addition, our son, Thoo Thoo, also experienced healing. The disease completely left him, and he has not had any problems since that day.”

Don’t we serve a great God? Ellen White writes, “A few converted souls, uniting for one grand purpose under one head, will achieve victories in every encounter” (Testimonies, Vol. 6, p. 139). Truly there is power when we are willing to unite in prayer!

Julia O’Carey is director of ASAP Ministries which stands for “Advocates for Southeast Asians and the Persecuted.” ASAP is a supporting ministry of the Seventh-day Adventist Church that works primarily with training and equipping Southeast Asian national missionaries, so that they can make disciples, following Christ’ method. To learn more about ASAP Ministries, click here: https://www.asapministries.org

World Church Prayer Requests

July 21 - 27, 2023

• Pray for a growing partnership and synergy between supporting ministries and official church organizations as we need to press together and work together to finish the work.
• Pray for the I Will Go strategic plan of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Pray for leaders and members alike to embrace God’s call to love, preach, connect, and reach out to and with the community around them in order to share the gospel message.
• Pray for a daycare and community center operating in Bad Aibling, Germany. It is one of several Adventist daycare and family centers around Germany. Please ask God to bless this ministry and pour His love into staff and children alike.
• Pray for the Ramses Sudanese Seventh-day Adventist church, the Nile Union Academy, and the ministry of the Adventist church in Egypt.

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